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This Friday, Mexico was ceded to the United States Ovidio Guzman LopezNicknamed “El Radon”, one of the heirs The Sinaloa Cartel Because his father was a drug dealer Joaquin El Chapo Guzmán, is serving a life sentence. The drug trafficker was arrested in Mexico last January and is being held at the Altiplano prison in the central Mexican state. Mexican authorities accuse him of crimes against health and carrying guns, but they are also investigating him for crimes related to organized crime.

Ovidio Guzman He was already detained in Culiacan (Northwest) on October 17, 2019, but was released on the orders of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador amid an investigation by the criminal organization.

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The leftist president defended his decision, saying bloodshed had been avoided when soldiers were surrounded by armed men.

“Today, as a result of cooperation between Mexican and United States law enforcement, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ovidio Guzmán López, was extradited to the United States”The US Attorney General and Secretary of Justice announced. Merrick GarlandThis is a statement.

Washington has accused “Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Other Violent Crimes”, Liz Sherwood-Randall, the White House national security adviser, elaborated in another statement.

First picture Ovidio Guzman Deportation was shared this Saturday on the social network X, formerly Twitter, by former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Derek S. malts. In the photo he is seen handcuffed on a flight to the United States. He looks emaciated and has a worried face.

“Hot Blood”

33 years old, thin and thick eyebrows, Guzmán is considered the leader of “Los Menors”. A part The Sinaloa CartelFounded four decades ago.

It’s very popular.”Los Chapitos”, and a clan formed by his brothers Joaquin, Ivan Archivaldo and Jesus Alfredo Guzmán.

It is known as “mouse”, a nickname given to him by his father, according to Garrido, dedicated to him by the music group Kodigo FN.

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In the song “I’m a Whore”, he is described as a “boss with a lot of brains”, “hot-blooded and active” and has a penchant for luxury cars.

United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is on the warpath against The Sinaloa CartelHe is considered to be the main person responsible for the kidnapping Fentanyl.

The drug, which is 50 times more potent than heroin, accounted for most of the country’s 109,000 overdose deaths in 2022.According to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Sherwood-Randall stressed that President Joe Biden’s administration will continue to use all available tools “to aggressively combat the deadly scourge of fentanyl and other drugs that are killing so many Americans.”

It means cooperating closely with it MexicoWhere most Fentanyl entering the country.

According to Washington, Mexican cartels negotiate the sale and import of chemicals from China with which they manufacture this opioid.

The The fentanyl crisis A few months ago, a group of US Republican congressmen called for the cartels to be designated as “terrorist” groups and be fought wherever they exist.

Mexico He protested, and after officials came and went, the diplomatic storm subsided. Mexico is one of more than 80 countries in the Global Alliance Against Synthetic Drugs.

This Friday, the US government also had words of praise for the US and Mexican security forces and military.

Many of them “have given their lives in pursuit of justice,” Garland said.

“We will always be grateful to them for their brave and tireless efforts” National Security Adviser added.

The arrest of Ovidio Guzmán in January left 29 people dead, including 10 soldiers and 19 accused criminals, as members of the Sinaloa cartel tried to save their boss.

DEA and government officials accuse the Sinaloa Cartel of operating with excessive brutality.

In April, Garland explained that “Los Chapitos” was so disdainful of life as to feed “some of them dead or alive” to domesticated tigers.